Thill-support.



S. H. STORY.

THILL SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED mm. 20, 1906.

911,775. Patented Feb.9, 1909.

sAM n. STORY, OFNAPLES, TEXAS.

' I THILL-SUPPOREM Specification of Letters Fatent.

Patented. Feb. 9, 1909.

' Application filed June 20, 1908. Serial N 0. 439,600.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, SAM H. STORY, a citizen of the United States, residing at N aples, in the county of Morris and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful specification.

This invention relates to thill supports, such as are used fortemporarily'supporting the thills or tongue of a vehicle in an elevated position when not in use.

One object ofthe present invention is to provide a device capable of supporting the thills without having the weight thrown upon the circle or fifth wheel.

Another object is. to provide a device which may be quickly' adjusted to vehicles of different forms of construction and appli- Thill-Support, of which the following is a cable to different parts of the vehicle. 7 And still another object is to so construct. the supporting bracket that it may be readily adjusted to engage the springs or other portion of the vehicle fromabove or below.

With these and otherobjects in view as Will more fully hereinafter appear, the

present invention consists in certain novel details of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims. It being understood. that various changes in the form proportion, size and minor details of the device may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of the invention.. I f i In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of the forward end of a vehicle showing a portion of the running gear and thills in section with'the device applied. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 3 is a view of one end partly in section and disclosing the supporting member. Fig. 4 is. a side elevation of the supporting bracket reversed.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to designate corresponding parts throughou r In the construction illustrated the numeral 1 designates a metallic bar of alength sufficient to extend from the forward. end of the running gear of a vehicle upward and beyond the cross bar 2 of the thills when the latter are elevated as shown in Fig. 1. t The bar is at one end longitudinally divided so as to form jaws 4, and 5, the former of which lies in a plane with the bar 1 and the latter atits inner end is turned outwardly at substantially right angles to the bar 1 so as to form a shoulder 6 terminating in a portion posed at right angles to the collar and terminate in bent portions constituting hooks 10 to slidingly fit over the bar 1 and the arms 9 and 1 1 are of unequal length in order that the and 12. The collar or sleeve is of a diameter thills may be supported at different angles.

This construction will be found advantageous when vehicles are stored in closures insufliciently high to allow the thills to be raised to their Touse the device thusfar described the ull extent.

thills 13 are first elevated as shown in Fig, 1, the bar 1 is then applied so that its lower end having the U-shaped socket, will straddle the front axle. This will bringthe upper portion of the bar in front of the thill cross bar 2; the bracket is now adjusted on the bar 1 to bring the described arm and hook to hear respectively on the upper side and rear face of the vehicle cross bar or spring. By referring'now to Fig. 4-. it willbe seen that the bracket has been reversed andthe hooks extending in the opposite directionto that illustrat'ed in Figs. 1 and 2 will engage the cross bar 14 of the vehicle from its lower face or opposite to that illustrated in Fig. 1 thereby preventing abrasion of the part 14, the advantage of this construction will be. readily appreciated when applying the device to buggies and similar vehicles having highly varnished running gear. The end of the bar 1 opposite the socket end is rovided with a thread which fits an internally threaded nipple 15, to the outer end of which is secured an eye fastenin 16 by means of which the device may be ung when not in use. The nipple 15 further serves the purpose of reventmg the bracket from accidentally fa ling from that end of the bar.

lVhat is claimed is 1. A support for vehicle thills comprising a bar to engage the running gear of a vehicle, a sliding bracket combined with said bar having radial arms of unequal length terminating in hook portions bent at substantially right angles to said arms.

2. A support "for vehicle thills comprising a bar to engage the running gear of a vehicle, a sliding collar encircling said bar having diametrically opposed arms terminating in hook portions bent at substantially right angles to said arms.

3. A. support for vehicle thills comprising a bar having at one end a substantially U- shaped socket to straddle a portion of the running gear of a vehicle, a sliding bracket encircling said bar having vehicle engaging 1 hooks to maintain said bar in thill support ing position.

4. A support for vehicle thills comprising a bar iaving at one end a substantially U- shaped socket one wall of which is provided at its base with a lateral shoulder, a revel sihle bracket on said bar provided with hooks to engage the vehicle proper above the socket portion and serving to maintain said bar in thill supporting position.

In testimony that I claim the lol'egoing as my own, I have hereto allixcd my signature in the presence of two itnesses.

Silfi'l H. STORY.

vl itnesses SAM. W. RonlsoN, WM. B. HAZEL. 

